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This commonplace book, journal, and recipe book was kept by Adeline Doty Connor from 1858-1865 while living in Detroit, Michigan. Connor copied passages on history, religion, and science, noted the Civil War service of her sons, and included medicinal and culinary recipes. The volume contains pasted or tipped in newspaper clippings.

Connor occasionally referenced national events, such as the discovery of the Fraser River passage and the admittance of states into the Union. Examples of recipes include pumpkin pudding, rhubarb wine, tomato catsup, preserved watermelon rinds, economical perfumes, "an excellent furniture polish," a balm for chapped hands, and more.

The volume's pastedown bears the text: "Adeline D. Connor / Detroit, 1854" and "Every moment of time is a monument of mercy / Few things are impossible to industry and skill / 1858 April 24th."

This collection is a single bound volume containing poems and essays copied by Ira James Titus of Detroit, Michigan, in 1840. Several subsequent entries are by members of the Barlow family.

This collection is a single bound volume containing poems and essays copied by Ira James Titus of Detroit, Michigan, in 1840. Several subsequent entries are by members of the Barlow family. The volume includes several hand-drawn illustrations, including one of a ship. On the final page is a list of female names.

• "What is Hope?" by Anna
• "Ode on Solitude" by Alexander Pope
• "The Motherless" by Mrs. Abdy
• "The Funeral at Sea" by Henry J. Finn
• "Ye Sons of Hibernia" by James Gibbons
• "Ode: In Commemoration of the Settlement of Western New York" by William H. C. Hosmer
• "A Song of the Sea" by H.W. Rockwell
• "The Silver Birdsnest" by Hannah Flagg Gould